Re: RootBSD?
I haven't any experience with rootbsd.net but my friend and I have dealt with ServerNorth based in Canada if you're interested. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Garance A Drosehn g...@freebsd.org wrote: At 9:04 AM -0400 4/6/10, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. I've been using them for a few years now. What I have with them is a system which is meant to be used as a hot backup for a system which is here in my office. So, the main things I wanted was (1) real freebsd systems, (2) which were someplace far away from Troy NY. I wanted to be pretty sure that any problem which took out my main system would NOT take out my hot backup system! I've had absolutely no trouble with them. The few times that I've had to contact them, they've been happy to provide whatever help I needed. On the other hand, my main system has been working fine for almost three years now, so this backup system that I have at rootbsd.net has not seen much activity. I just rsync the main system to the backup system once a day, and then every few months I upgrade the FreeBSD that I'm running on the system at rootbsd.net. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = dros...@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or g...@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
At 9:04 AM -0400 4/6/10, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. I've been using them for a few years now. What I have with them is a system which is meant to be used as a hot backup for a system which is here in my office. So, the main things I wanted was (1) real freebsd systems, (2) which were someplace far away from Troy NY. I wanted to be pretty sure that any problem which took out my main system would NOT take out my hot backup system! I've had absolutely no trouble with them. The few times that I've had to contact them, they've been happy to provide whatever help I needed. On the other hand, my main system has been working fine for almost three years now, so this backup system that I have at rootbsd.net has not seen much activity. I just rsync the main system to the backup system once a day, and then every few months I upgrade the FreeBSD that I'm running on the system at rootbsd.net. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = dros...@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or g...@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RootBSD?
Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. Thanks, -Tom___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
Hi Tom, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. Is there anything in particular you need to know? -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Glen Barber wrote: Hi Tom, Tom Ierna wrote: Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. Is there anything in particular you need to know? I was non-specific on purpose; I'm looking for any stories. Also, if anyone has any other FreeBSD-friendly VPS companies they can recommend, that would be great. I've looked on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/isp.html Linux VPS vendors are a dime-a-dozen and I'm using a great one (Linode) for several servers that I don't need on FreeBSD. Basically, I'm looking for a FreeBSD VPS vendor that's as highly regarded as Linode. Thanks for your thoughts. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 09:31 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: Hi Tom, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. Is there anything in particular you need to know? Seconded... rootbsd.net are really good, no problems what so ever... breath of fresh air! Tech support on the ball and really helpful, upgrading or migrating from their old jail system to xen no problems... brilliant. I would recommend them Cheers /Craig B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
Highly recommended. great systems great service... great prices On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Craig Butler craig...@lerwick.hopto.orgwrote: On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 09:31 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: Hi Tom, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. Is there anything in particular you need to know? Seconded... rootbsd.net are really good, no problems what so ever... breath of fresh air! Tech support on the ball and really helpful, upgrading or migrating from their old jail system to xen no problems... brilliant. I would recommend them Cheers /Craig B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. I just setup a small VPS with rootbsd and have one with arpnetworks.com as well. Both seem to work fine for my needs so far and both have been responsive to my couple of small support issues. henrik -- Henrik Hudson li...@rhavenn.net - God, root, what is difference? Pitr; UF ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Tom Ierna t...@shockergroup.com wrote: On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Glen Barber wrote: Hi Tom, Tom Ierna wrote: Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. Is there anything in particular you need to know? I was non-specific on purpose; I'm looking for any stories. Also, if anyone has any other FreeBSD-friendly VPS companies they can recommend, that would be great. I've looked on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/isp.html Linux VPS vendors are a dime-a-dozen and I'm using a great one (Linode) for several servers that I don't need on FreeBSD. Basically, I'm looking for a FreeBSD VPS vendor that's as highly regarded as Linode. Thanks for your thoughts. You could also take a look at jvds.com. It's based on freebsd jail though, not xen, so there is a slight loss in flexibility -- Gautham Ganapathy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RootBSD?
On 4/6/2010 9:04 AM, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. Thanks, -Tom___ I used them for 2 jail based VPS Iota plans for a few months in 2008 before deciding to get dedicated hosting elsewhere. I believe they use full virtual machines via Xen now instead of jails, so my input on their system administration is of little use to you. There were a few kerfuffles, although customer service did seem very responsive. There was downtime due to a RAID controller failure, and my account was credited for it. Since system administration is still on you though, so you might also consider a dedicated server elsewhere if you can push the budget up to at least $50/mo. RJ Herrick unwoven.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?)
My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. while i live in Poland, where (in theory) internet services are more expensive than US and many west countries (we are told so at least), it looks like very expensive. 29$/month=348$/year for what i understand - Xen based servers with a bit of RAM allocated and 2GB disk space. it's just funny in context of todays cheap 500-1000GB disks. While i don't do this widely (too little money, too much work to advertise etc.) i have 20 clients on my servers just having their FreeBSD jail for 100$/month. There is 20GB soft limit - where soft means that you generally can keep more, but if i will have space problems i will ask to free some space. The important question is traffic generated, not disk space, as this is what's expensive. I just can't understand the basis of their offers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?)
* Maxim Khitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-06-18 22:37:13+]: Is anyone here using RootBSD? I am using both RootBSD and JohnCompanies. I'm currently with JohnCompanies. Overall, it's been a positive experience, though I wish they offered FreeBSD 7. Beta testing for it was supposed to begin last month, but so far no news. Agreed. JC has been fine so far, and I asked them to include me in their FreeBSD 7 beta testing when it opens up. I don't think they have a schedule posted for when that will start. I started out at RootBSD on 6.2, and when FreeBSD 7 was first offered by them (about a month ago), they were nice enough to setup a 7.0 VPS for me, and give me a liberal amount of time for me to move my data over from my 6.2 VPS. My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. Contrast that with RootBSD, where I pay $19 a month and I get 10GB of space. On the JC server, one can easily fill up that 2GB by building various ports (I did it by running cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick; make install). The RootBSD box comes with 10GB of space which is more than enough to build almost any port. I am sticking with both for now, only because JC reliability/uptime is purported to be excellent. Granted, I've not had any hardware or connectivity issues with either provider yet, so I've not yet experienced any serious problems firsthand. I should also add that they both have excellent customer service and response times, I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the support from both places are. hth, Thomas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?)
It might be nice if the RootBSD people answered their email inquiries, i know they have lost customers, me for one for not answering a simple email On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 13:35 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Maxim Khitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-06-18 22:37:13+]: Is anyone here using RootBSD? I am using both RootBSD and JohnCompanies. I'm currently with JohnCompanies. Overall, it's been a positive experience, though I wish they offered FreeBSD 7. Beta testing for it was supposed to begin last month, but so far no news. Agreed. JC has been fine so far, and I asked them to include me in their FreeBSD 7 beta testing when it opens up. I don't think they have a schedule posted for when that will start. I started out at RootBSD on 6.2, and when FreeBSD 7 was first offered by them (about a month ago), they were nice enough to setup a 7.0 VPS for me, and give me a liberal amount of time for me to move my data over from my 6.2 VPS. My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. Contrast that with RootBSD, where I pay $19 a month and I get 10GB of space. On the JC server, one can easily fill up that 2GB by building various ports (I did it by running cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick; make install). The RootBSD box comes with 10GB of space which is more than enough to build almost any port. I am sticking with both for now, only because JC reliability/uptime is purported to be excellent. Granted, I've not had any hardware or connectivity issues with either provider yet, so I've not yet experienced any serious problems firsthand. I should also add that they both have excellent customer service and response times, I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the support from both places are. hth, Thomas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
